A man who drowned in Lake Ivanhoe June 25 has been identified, according to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim was identified as 64-year-old Thomas J. Sater of Kenosha County.
According to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, authorities and the Bloomfield Police Department, responded to a report of an upside-down kayak on the lake around 3:30 p.m. and discovered Sater floating nearby unresponsive.
The kayak was about 150 yards off the lakeshore when a water rescue team recovered Sater, who was wearing a life jacket. He was pronounced dead around 4:53 p.m.
Lake Ivanhoe is in Walworth County, which is about 45 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
The June 25 death follows the drowning of an 18-year-old man from Pewaukee, who had fallen overboard from a boat in Lake Okauchee.
Adrienne Davis is the general assignment and breaking news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Got any tips or stories to share? Contact Adrienne at amdavis@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @AdriReportss.
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